Toxicocalamus ernstmayri
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Toxicocalamus
Species: Toxicocalamus ernstmayri
Name
editToxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea, Parker & Kaiser, 2015: 243.
- Holotype: MCZ R-145946, adult ♀, killed by a villager and collected by F. Parker on 23 December 1969.
- Type locality: “Wangbin village, 5°14’26.72” S, 141°15’31.92” E, elevation 1,468 m (4,800 ft), near the Ok Tedi River, in the Star Mountains of the North Fly District, Western Province, Pape New Guinea”.
References
editPrimary references
edit- O’Shea, M., Parker, F. & Kaiser, H. 2015. A new species of New Guinea Worm-Eating Snake, genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), from the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with a revised dichotomous key to the genus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(6): 241–264. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-161.6.241 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.
- O’Shea, M., Herlihy, B., Paivu, B., Parker, F., Richards, S.J. & Kaiser, H. 2018. Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(1): 27–34. PDF Reference page.
- O'Shea, M., Blum, P. & Kaiser, H. 2020. Discovery of the second specimen of Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea et al., 2015 (Squamata: Elapidae), the first from Papua Province, Indonesia, with comments on the type locality of T. grandis (Boulenger, 1914). Bonn zoological Bulletin 69(2): 395–411. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicocalamus ernstmayri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 July 2018.